Seismic Oceanography Imaging of Thermal Intrusions in Strong Frontal Regions

Abstract

The Naval Research Laboratory and collaborating partners carried out two dedicated seismic oceanography field experiments in two very different strong frontal regions. ADRIASEISMIC took seismic oceanography measurements at the confluence of North Adriatic Dense Water advected along the Western Adriatic Current and Modified Levantine Intermediate Water advected around the topographic rim of the Southern Adriatic basin. ARC12 took seismic oceanography measurements in and around the Agulhas Return Current as it curved northwards past the Agulhas Plateau and interacted with a large anticyclone that had collided with the current. Despite one study focused on coastal boundary currents and the other focused on a major Western Boundary Current extension, the complex horizontal structures seen through seismic imaging are tied to the processes of thermal intrusions and interleaving in both systems. Seismic Oceanography provides a unique capability of tracking the fine-scale horizontal extent of these intrusions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 02, 2013
Accession Number
ADA587529

Entities

People

  • Ana E. Rice
  • Hartmut Prandke
  • Isabelle Ansorge
  • Jeffrey W. Book
  • Richard W. Hobbs
  • Sandro Carniel
  • Tim Fischer
  • Warren T. Wood

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Acoustic Impedance
  • Acoustics
  • Acquisition
  • Adriatic Sea
  • Boundaries
  • Cold Water
  • Depth
  • High Resolution
  • Intrusion
  • Measurement
  • Military Research
  • Oceanography
  • Regions
  • Temperature Gradients
  • Water
  • Water Masses

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Oceanography.